Detzner also set the price of running with a party affiliation at $10,440 and $6,960 to run without a party affiliation. Candidates must have also collected 1,172 signatures on their petition to be put on the ballot.

Among those respondents who already voted, Peters leads with 52 percent, compared to Jolly’s 31 percent and Bircher’s 17 percent, he said. Early voting runs from Jan. 4 to Jan. 12 for the primary and from March 1 to March 9 for the general election.

Democrat A. A. “Alex” Sink, who lost to Gov. Rick Scott in 2010 is running unopposed.

In addition to the primary race, Florida-13 Republicans were asked about different issues.

The respondents said they opposed amnesty for illegal aliens by a rate of 78 percent to 13 percent with 6 percent unsure.

Other results were:

Should mothers serving in the military be ordered into combat zones? 54 percent against and 31 percent supporting;

Should the federal government approve firearm transactions before they are completed? 49 percent opposed and 29 percent supporting;

Should the federal government regulate video games that use firearm scenarios? 54 percent opposed and 26 percent supporting.

Neil W. McCabe is the editor of HE's "Guns & Patriots" e-letter and was a senior reporter at the Human Events newspaper. McCabe deployed with the Army Reserve to Iraq for 15 months as a combat historian. For many years, he was a reporter and photographer for "The Pilot," Boston's Catholic paper. He was also the editor of the free community papers "The Somerville (Mass.) News and "The Alewife (North Cambridge, Mass.)." Email him: [email protected] Follow him on Twitter: @neilwmccabe.
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